Elaine Sarsynski, executive vice president, MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division, recently received the Women of Excellence award from the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). Sarsynski is executive vice president of MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division and chairman and CEO of MassMutual International LLC. She is a founding leader of MassMutual’s Women’s Leadership Network, which works to advance high-potential women. Pictured are, from left, Carol Evans, president, Working Mother Media Network and CEO, NAFE; Sarsynski; and Dr. Betty Spence, president, NAFE.
Danek joins Howard on Fed advisory council
Edward Danek, Jr., president and CEO of Hartford Federal Credit Union, has been appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to the First District Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.
He joins Chandler Howard, president and CEO of Liberty Bank in Middletown, as Connecticut representatives on the 12-member panel which provides input on the economy, lending conditions, regulatory policies, payments and other issues to their regional Federal Reserve Bank.
Howard serves as the First District representative to the national CDIAC, which meets twice a year to advise the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC.
Hebert will lead CT Realtors
Mary Ann Hebert, a broker-partner at Bannon & Hebert Properties LLC in Middlebury, is the new president of The Connecticut Association of Realtors Inc.
Hebert is a former president of the Greater Waterbury Board of Realtors where she has served as a director for many years. She was the 2011 State Realtor of the Year after being named Realtor of the Year for 2008 by the Greater Waterbury Board of Realtors.
Hebert was elected president of CTMLS in 2008, after serving as a founding director of the organization. She is a director of the National Association of Realtors and has been a director of the Connecticut association for the past several years. She is a past president and founding member of the Woman’s Council of Realtors Laurel Chapter.
College program honored
Housatonic Community College has received the Bridgeport Regional Business Council’s Regional Impact Award in Education for creating its new Advanced Manufacturing Program.
The year-long program, which requires a 35-hour-per-week commitment from students, will lead to a basic manufacturing certificate and an advanced manufacturing certificate. The program will prepare students for manufacturing positions that include machine operator, CNC (computer numeric control) operator, CNC programmer, assembler, and quality control inspector that can pay in the $15-$20 per-hour range. Jobs will be awaiting the students when they graduate.
The center will serve students in a 43-town area that extends from the New York State line to the Connecticut River and north to the Middletown, Meriden, Waterbury and Danbury areas.
